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Proverbs 9:17

“Stolen water is sweet. Food eaten in secret is pleasant.”

Proverbs 9:17 WEB

Proverbs 9:17 in the King James Version

Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

Context

16 “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here.” As for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,

17 “Stolen water is sweet. Food eaten in secret is pleasant.”

18 But he doesn’t know that the departed spirits are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

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